Poetry News:
- — The accompanying CD is particularly valuable because actors can read: its 30 poems are presented beautifully and naturally. —
- — VIDEO - Kay Ryan: Chickens and the Funnies —
- — This week we’re looking at a sauce-free poem by the Earl of Rochester, reminding us his range stretched beyond the scurrilous —
- — N.C. native’s song enshrined —
- — A poet’s vision for the environment, young artists —
- — Wordplay: Nan Watkins presents Yvan Goll —
- — Please remember this very, very important rule, “find out what the publisher wants.” —
- — King Arthur is propaganda, say French —
- — But it does represent the edgy relationship of women and their mothers —
Happy Canada Day Canadians!
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Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train on You Tube with Pete Seeger (She was the maid for the Seeger family — interesting story [if you didn't read the article above]. Her guitar style is pretty influential — “Cotten picking” hmm like Maybelle Carter’s “Carter style” or Merle Travis’ picking, which Chet Atkins glommed onto. [His daughter is named Merle.] Chet used to play “Freight Train” sometimes.
and here is a video of her playing the banjo no embedding available
My back hasn’t gone out, but I’m having some muscle issues I guess. Taking a blog break. Have a good Independence Day. 
Tags: Claire Goll, Denise Low, Diane Hall Glancy, Elizabeth Cotten, Heid Erdrich, John Wilmot, Kathryn Kysar, Kay Ryan, Nan Watkins, Robert Hass, Susan Power, Thomas Rain Crowe, WordPlay, Yvan Goll